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Beating cancer: Clive Bates on what the EU got wrong about tobacco
Beating cancer: Clive Bates on what the EU got wrong about tobacco
The European Commission recently released it’s much anticipated plan for beating cancer. While the goals are admirable, the EU Beating Cancer plan is plagued by a “fundamental error” when it comes to tobacco and nicotine, warns tobacco harm reduction advocate...
Snus Commission slams EU’s Beating Cancer Plan
Snus Commission slams EU’s Beating Cancer Plan
EU policymakers are guilty of spreading “fake news” about the true causes of cancer in their recently released Beating Cancer Plan, a Swedish group has claimed. In a sharply worded letter to the European Co...
‘Blatant moralism’ behind campaign against tobacco-free nicotine products
‘Blatant moralism’ behind campaign against tobacco-free nicotine products
As Sweden waits for a decision on how to regulate of tobacco-free nicotine products, Helen Stjerna, Secretary General of A Non Smoking Generation, has criticised the category in a debate article. Patrik Ströme...
‘EU cancer plan should take inspiration from Sweden’
‘EU cancer plan should take inspiration from Sweden’
The new EU cancer plan still equates cigarettes with snus and other smokeless tobacco products -- despite scientific evidence to the contrary -- meaning its €4bn budget risks being misspent, snus manufac...
Debate: Snus could save the lives of Swedish women
Debate: Snus could save the lives of Swedish women
Sweden’s tobacco policy is failing Swedish women by treating smoking and snus as equally harmful, the Snus Commission has argued in a hard-hitting opinion piece published in the Aftonbladet newspaper. "Snus...
New calls to overturn UK snus ban post-Brexit
New calls to overturn UK snus ban post-Brexit
The New Nicotine Alliance, a UK-based non-profit, has launched a campaign to overturn the UK snus ban, sending a proposal to key decision makers in a bid to legalise Swedish snus. The UK left the EU in Feb...
New survey charts European nicotine consumption patterns
New survey charts European nicotine consumption patterns
Tobacco harm reduction advocates are conducting an ambitious, pan-European survey in hopes of painting a more accurate picture of European nicotine consumption patterns. Launched in October by the European ...
Snus!: New book paints updated picture of snus and its users
Snus!: New book paints updated picture of snus and its users
In a new and updated edition of the book Snus!, author Mats Jonson takes the reader on a journey through taste, cultural history, and tobacco policy -- from organic tobacco farming in Skåne to visits to large ...
Why you should NOT equate snus with cigarettes: 3 arguments
Why you should NOT equate snus with cigarettes: 3 arguments
Despite the huge differences in health risks between smoking and snus, there are those who still believe that all tobacco use should be treated equally when shaping policy. Below are a few arguments for why it...